Thriller & Mystery > 5 GBP to 10 GBP Thriller & Mystery > H

Hanks a Billion Brown!

Advantages: Good fun romp
Disadvantages: Hanks?

...the DaVinci Code and now Angels & Demons, the Collider featuring heavily in the latter movie, hence the intro, this the second of the Robert Langdon trilogy, even though in the book sequence this came before the DaVinci Code. Browns narrative is all about that search for the ultimate particle and how the Catholic Church has always tried to defend their increasingly absurd version of events on 'creation' against science as the gap closes between scientific ...
...= = 'Writing Angels & Demons' Director Ron Howard tries to convince us he loved making this movie but its by-the-numbers stuff for him and clearly a studio job film, one they 'ask' their top guys to do to secure future funding for the studio. This is the permanently Baseball capped directors first ever sequel in his forty-one-year directing career (In 2010 he would have made movies in five different decades believe it or not) and he was paid very ...

thedevilinme 16.10.2009 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Angels And Demons (DVD)

Mother, Mother! Blood, Blood!

Advantages: A seemless epic of murderous proportions.
Disadvantages: A lack of content on three discs

...one! But all the original Psycho movies, starring Anthony Perkins. I always get a bit mad when people call a DVD with more than one disc a box set. Yes it's in a box but hardly a box set! This set has nothing out of the ordinary or exceptional about its inner contents, so to call it a box set is an insult. Right that's my moan out of the way, lets get on with the show. Psycho ----------- Marion Crane has been having an affair with shop worker ...
...shot in black and white Psycho is one of the best known horror movies, and it launched the term "Slasher" when referring to a movie of this type. During the film you are constantly told that it's very hot, 1960 was not a hot year in America. However for the movies Director Alfred Hitchcock (A Brit) it was, all his films prior to Psycho had been filmed in the winter. 1960 actually goes on record as being one of the coolest summers of the 60's in America. ...

sghawken 02.01.2006 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Psycho Collection (Box Set) (DVD)

Whatever happened to Saskia Wagter?

Advantages: Utterly compelling, great performances
Disadvantages: None for me

...her, to no avail, and the police aren't really that interested in helping him. Then Rex starts to receive a series of letters from the kidnapper, asking to meet up with him. Each time Rex goes to the meeting place, however, the kidnapper doesn't show up. Unable to move on, despite getting together with a new girlfriend, Rex is beginning to think he will never find out what happened to Saskia. Then the kidnapper shows himself. Will he reveal what ...
...and is really amazing in the role. Clearly in love with Saskia, he is truly devastated at her disappearance - watching him chase around the service station looking for her is really moving. The story then skips three years, and Rex is a much harder man, but has never given up the hope that one day, he will find what happened to Saskia. Occasionally, he comes close to madness. This is a deeply convincing performance by the actor and he is a real pleasure ...

sunmeilan 13.12.2009 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of The Vanishing (Subtitled) (DVD)

Do you really believe in the perfect murder?

Advantages: Excellent Direction, Brilliant performance by lead characters, superb story line.
Disadvantages: None really.

...MY PERSONAL THOUGHT Dial M for Murder is one of the finest and entertaining thriller movies directed by legendary director Alfred Hitchcock. The story of this movie is really unique and interesting. The viewers get to know about the criminal and his evil plans from the very beginning of the movie. So the question is, will he be able to carry out the plan and murder his wife without any doubt. I really enjoyed the way Mr. Hitchcock unfolds each ...
...revolves around five characters. He gives equal importance to the each character of this movie and gives a brief introduction about them. So the viewers can get familiar with the characters and get to know about their likes, dislikes and thoughts. But Mr. Hitchcock makes it very concise and point to point on the screen. As soon as you get to know about the central characters of this movie, the storyline moves rapidly with great consistency. There ...

Gladiator007 11.12.2009 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: exceptional
Review of Dial M for Murder (DVD)

The Seven Deadly Sins..........Fincher style!

Advantages: Powerful, acting, direction, cinematography
Disadvantages: Will be too brutal for some

...killer, who is using the seven deadly sins as a pattern for the killings. Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman play the two detectives, and what starts out as a pair of hard nosed cops chasing another deranged psycho killer, soon turns into a psychological game of cat and mouse. Pitt is excellent as the frenetic and volatile young Mills, a doggedly determined detective who lets nothing stand in his way. He is contrasted by the ever serene Morgan Freeman ...
...The murders follow the Biblical seven deadly sins, and as each murder is committed, we are given an often graphic viewpoint of how each murder has resulted. Naturally, Mills and Somerset are aiming to prevent all seven murders from taking place, and the scenes featuring how they do their detective work are anxious and frantic all the time. There are many periods of silence, where closeups on their faces make for dramatic effect, and these are counterbalanced ...

pmcds 11.12.2009 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Seven (DVD)